A brazen car bombing near Syrian security offices killed 17 people Saturday, the deadliest attack in decades that raised questions about the regime's usually strong grip as the country tries to boost its international profile. A Syrian man and boy, walk past destroyed shops at the scene where a car bomb blew up in a southern neighborhood near the junction to the city's international airport, in Damascus, Syria, Saturday, Sept. 27, 2008. A car packed with explosives detonated on a crowded residential street Saturday, killing 17 people and wounding more than a dozen others, state-run television reported. The car packed with 440 pounds of explosives when it blew up on Mahlak Street, shattering apartment building and car windows and twisting the roof of one car, according to footage aired on Syrian TV. Syrian Interior Minister Bassam Abdul-Majid called the bombing a "terrorist act" and said all of the victims were civilians. He declined to say who was behind the blast. A Syrian boy, is seen through a broken car window at the scene where a car bomb blew up in a southern neighborhood near the junction to the city's international airport, in Damascus, Syria, Saturday, Sept. 27, 2008. A car packed with explosives detonated on a crowded residential street Saturday, killing 17 people and wounding more than a dozen others, state-run television reported. The car packed with 440 pounds of explosives when it blew up on Mahlak Street, shatterin ...
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A brazen car bombing near Syrian security offices killed 17 people Saturday, the deadliest attack in decades that raised questions about the regime's usually strong grip as the country tries to boost its international profile. A Syrian man and boy, walk past destroyed shops at the scene where a car bomb blew up in a southern neighborhood near the junction to the city's international airport, in Damascus, Syria, Saturday, Sept. 27, 2008. A car packed with explosives detonated on a crowded residential street Saturday, killing 17 people and wounding more than a dozen others, state-run television reported. The car packed with 440 pounds of explosives when it blew up on Mahlak Street, shattering apartment building and car windows and twisting the roof of one car, according to footage aired on Syrian TV. Syrian Interior Minister Bassam Abdul-Majid called the bombing a "terrorist act" and said all of the victims were civilians. He declined to say who was behind the blast. A Syrian boy, is seen through a broken car window at the scene where a car bomb blew up in a southern neighborhood near the junction to the city's international airport, in Damascus, Syria, Saturday, Sept. 27, 2008. A car packed with explosives detonated on a crowded residential street Saturday, killing 17 people and wounding more than a dozen others, state-run television reported. The car packed with 440 pounds of explosives when it blew up on Mahlak Street, shatterin ...